Mac N Cheese

In the normal hustle and bustle of a morning at the Schneider house, After getting up showering, getting ready for work,  getting the kids up, and dressed, we headed down stairs to eat breakfast, and get things around and ready to leave.  I have been pretty busy at work, and have been working through lunch, so I like to take something to eat.  I grabbed the grapes and washed them, grabbed a puding cup, and was searching in the fridge for something else to take.  I saw a container on the bottom shelf that looked like noodles.  I opened it.  Mac N Cheese perfect.  Threw it in my bag, and we were off.  As I was driving to drop off the boys at daycare, and Rylee at Sally's house, I started to think about the Mac N Cheese.  I know I wasn't home for supper last night (I had volleyball), but Trent is kind of doing this No Carb Diet thing, so I would be surprised if he made that for supper.  It was also not Kraft Mac N Cheese It was clearly more "gourmet" then that.  We didn't have anything but kraft in the cupboard.  Ummm...Then I was thinking.  When was the last time I made Mac N Cheese, and what kind was it.  I think it's been weeks, or even over a month, and I think I put  hot dogs in it that time.  My mind started to wonder...Finally, I ask Rylee.  Did you have Mac N Cheese for supper last night?  Thinking as she starts to answer..."Is my lunch safe to eat or will I die after consumption?"  She says, Yes...It was really good.  I had two helpings!  AH!  Thank goodnes! 

I am not sure what I learned today.  A.) I need to clean out my fridge more often.  or B.) Just ask the kids...They know what is going on better than we do!

Happy 7th Birthday Rylee!

Today is Rylee's seventh birthday!  WOW!  I can't believe she is 7 years old already!  Time Flies when you are having fun!  Trent, Rylee, and the boys went down to spend the day in Hollandale.  They were going to visit Grandma & Grandpa Schneider, Grandma Hendrickson, and Grandma Judy.  Then they are heading back to Madison and we are meeting for dinner at Ella's Deli.  The boys gave her the present they picked out for her this morning (Lady Bug Pillow Pet)!  Trent said she liked it. 

I hope Ryle has a great day!  She is such a sweetheart and deserves to have a great birthday!  She had made my life o much better since the day she was born, I can't belive how lucky I am to have a daughter like her!

Enjoy your day Rylee!



Kale & Rylee



Tball (Age 6)





Rylee & Mom - Badger Game (Age 5)



Monkey Sized (Age 6)

Rylee Brewer Game

Rylee Picnic (Age 5)









Tball BABY!

Last week Wednesday night Rylee had her first Tball game of the year!  She did great!  The weather didn't really cooperate, so they were only able to play 3 innings, but Rylee got to hit twice  and played short-stop, 2nd base, and pitcher.  She seemed to have a good time!  She seems to be so much better then she was last year.  I am not sure if it's just that she is a year older, and the younger kids are clueless, or if she has gotten better.  I guess we will see!  Tonight is her second game of the season.  So we will see how it goes...

Eli also started Tball last night.  He is doing a 1st sports class through the YMCA.  He is in the 4 yr old class, because he is 4 until the end of August, but he worried me a bit.  Some of those kids were so little compared to him, and he has such a strong arm that I was a little worried he was going to hurt one of the little girls he was playing catch with from 5 ft away!  AHH!  She was about 25 lbs soaking wet, and I could just see him throwing it as hard as he could at her face!  Thankfully he didn't!  When they hit off the "T" he did a great job!  The one time he hit it about 20 feet behind the farthest fielder.  Trent said he looked back at Trent and was smiling ear to ear!  After the hour class he wanted to play more, so Trent and him hung out and played catch for another 20 minutes or so!  He really seems to love baseball!

Rylee & Eli are doing so good!  It's fun to watch them grow, and enjoy themselves.  I will have to take some pictures tonight at the game!

This and That...

School is winding down, and we are getting ready for summer for at our house.  The kids have been enjoying playing in the sand box and our little mini-pool in the backyard.  Last night we had big plans to go practice some baseball over behind the high school, but the heat changed our minds.  It was too hot to be outside with no shade.  So we decided to stay in.  Rylee's last day of school is tomorrow.  I think she is really looking forward to summer break.  Nick (my nephew) is watching her and Mikki & Cash for the summer!  They have big plans.  Between day trips, summer school, camps, and going to the pool; I don't think they are going to have a day to relax!  Or at least Nick isn't...ha ha!  I was very proud of how hard Rylee worked to get to the right reading level at the end of the year!  Now we just have to make sure that she stays at that level over the summer, so she can start 2nd grade ready to rock!  I can't believe she is going to be in 2nd grade...That is so wierd to say! 

Eli makes the deadline to go to kindergarten by 2 days, but we have decided to not send him this year.  There were lots of factors that went into that decision, but I think it's the right thing to do!  This way Kale and him will only be two years apart in school, and he will hopefully mature over the next year.  I think he will be more sucessful in the long run. 

Kale has been doing great at potty training.  He is really starting to get it.  We are still working on the "number 2", but he is using the potty all the time, and doesn't want to wear diapers anymore.  I am hoping before too long we will be able to go from Pull-ups to underwear!  I was thinking last night as I was putting the dishes away.  He is drinking out of a regular cup all the time, and going potty like a big boy.  He is also growing up so fast!